54 Quotes by Marion Barry

Outside of the killings, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

If you take out the killings, Washington D. C. actually has a very low crime rate. (Marion Barry former D. C. mayor.)

I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less.

I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican.

I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going.

First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second, what can I say? I'm a night owl.

The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice.

This is not a sham, not a game. This is the real stuff.

Aside from the murders, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.